The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-21

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was sunk and the Custom House was
washed away.
AT Emporia, Kansas, on the 14th,
the jury in the case of Marlborough,
charged with killing the son of Robert
Laird Collier, returned a verdict OF
guilty or murder in the first degree.
| During the night Marlborough at
tempted suicide by cutting his throat,
and his recovery is doubtful.
AT Willis, Texas, early on the
morning of the 10th, an armed moi
| broke into the Jail and opened fire on
| Andrew McGeche and ]. b. Walker,
| charged with shooting a young mar
named Powell. McGeche wa shot dead,
and Walker badly wounded, but the
latter may recover.
Dangerous forest fires are reported
l n Worcester county, Massachusetts.
In response to a Geographic call for aid
a steamer and 1900 feet of hose, to-
gether with a dozen men, were sent
early on the afternoon of the 10th from
the city of Worcester to Still River,
where ga sweeping confagration was
reported IS threatening the village and
an immense number of railroad ties
belonging to the Boston and Maine
Railroad Company" A telegram from
| Marquette, Michigan, says that smoke
from forest fires. is making navigation
perllons on Lake Superior. On the
10Th, the propeller Jay Gould, from
Chicago to Duluth, with merchandise,
lost her bearings ON account of smoke
and ran ashore off White Fish Point.
The propeller Peerless heard her sig"
mails of distress, and after three hours
succeeded IN releasing her. Forest fires
are visible from Duluth, Minnesota,
and seem to be approaching the shores
of Lake Superior.
AT Lacrosse, Wisconsin, on the
evening of the 18th, Hiss Letzke and
John Boyer went boating with two
other friends. Boyer, to brighten Miss
Letzke, rocked the boat;lt capsized and
he and she were drowned. Two col
ored men were drowned at Richmond,
| Virginia, on the morning of the. 10th,
by the upSetting of a boat.
AT Waterbury, Connecticut, on
the 10th, Alexander Broomfield, aged
So years, shot and wounded Warren ).
Frost and then committed suicide.
Frost is one Of the foremen Of the
Waterbury Brass Company. Several
years ago Bloomfield was discharged
from the mill for drunkenness, and had
always, in consequence, cherished a
grudge against Frost. The latter's in
Juries are not considered dangerous.
"A telegram from Dodge City,
Kansas, says that A. +. Soule, OF
Rochester, New York, "Who built, at
lbs own expense, a canal, nine miles
long, for irrigating purposes, at an ex-
pepse of one million dollars, has an
bounced his intention of extending it
SO that one million acres of land heTea-
bouts will always yield a full crop.
He has donated $4,000 to the Presby-
terian College located here, and has
bought the First National Bank for
SIS 600, aud also the Dodge City
Water Works"
George L. Reed, for two years City
Treasurer of Bismarck, Dakota, has
disappeared, leaving a shortage" OF
$4,000 in his accounts, and he Is be-
lleved to be in Canada.
The 1ftieth anniversary of the
foundation of the Baltimore Sun was
\ CtItUI dICu vi EhO Avn IA
The Sun building was beautifully dec
Grated with evergreens and lowars,
and thousands of people visited it.
while hosts of friends congratulated
A. S. Abel, the founder. Among the
kilograms received was n from Presl-
dent Cleveland, The 18th also marked
the retirement of Mr.. Abel from any
participation in the management of the
Sun. His cons, George w.. Edwin F.
and Walter Abel, having been admit
ted into partnership with their father,
will continue its publication upon the
same system which has been followed
for fifty years.
The residence of John A. Cheever,
at Cedarhurst. Long Island, was robbed
of over $1,000 worth of silverware on
the morning Of the 18th.
b. j. Waters, a deputy constable
at Kansas City, Missouri, found a
white substance on the pump chain
of his eistern on the 10th. The city
chemist pronounced the powder arse
nic, and said there was enough of
it to kill the whole neighborhood."
Major j. M. Goodspeed attempted to
kill his wife in Cincinnati, early on
the morning OF the 18th, and, bellev-
ing her dead, gave himself up to the
police. She will recover. He is re-
garded a. insane.
John Hampell went to bed in st.
Louis on the night Of the 10th, sick
from drinking too much beer. An
hour later he arose and fell from a
thIrd-story window to the sidewalk.
where he was picked up half an hour
later dead
Mrs. George Marks vas killed by
lightning in st. Joseph, Missouri, on
the afternoon of the 10th, while undo
ing a clothes lines In the yard.
The settlers In Manitoba are re-
ported to have suffered serious losses
recently from prairie fires and wind
storms.
The Comptroller of the Currency
on the 18th, authorized the Equitable
National Bank, of Cincinnati, TO begin
business with a capital of $780, DOC, and
the First National Bank of Kansas
| City, with a capital Of 100000.